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Assessment Item Presentation Checklist

This checklist is for your self-evaluation before you submit an assessment item. Please check your course profile because the details required may be slightly different. It is important for you to critically appraise your own work and also to proofread carefully.

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Check your assessment item for the following:

  
A4 paper size

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word-processed, typed or neatly and legibly written Check box
double-line or 1.5 spacing Check box
2.5 to 3 cm left-hand margin Check box
header or footer with student name, course code and page number(s)  
cover sheet Check box
clearly labelled headings (if required) Check box
Do you have a copy of this assessment item? Check box
 signed declaration form if submitting hard copy

 

Proofread for the following language features

  
colloquial terms—slang words or informal expressions Check box
clichés Check box
jargon Check box
double meanings or ambiguity Check box
use of personal pronouns (I, you, us, we, our) Check box
elisions (it's for it is; won't for will not; isn't for is not) Check box
emotive language Check box
parallel constructions (keeping the same tense) Check box
acronyms (full citation of terms rather than letter symbols) Check box
abbreviations Check box
ampersand ('&' in place of the word 'and') Check box
conciseness Check box
preciseness Check box
capitalisation of alphabetical letters where necessary (titles, names, places) Check box
discriminatory language Check box
spelling, typographical errors Check box
punctuation—read your document aloud. Note the places where you pause naturally and punctuate accordingly. Check box
grammatical construction—check that sentences are complete units of meaning and not sentence fragments Check box
check that your sentences are not too short, lacking in the use of conjunctive words (however, therefore, moreover, alternatively) Check box

Notes especially for essays:

  
Is a reference list included? Check that it is written in the correct format. Check box
Have you referenced in-text? Check box
Does your in-text referencing correspond to your reference list? (Is every reference cited in your reference list able to be located in your text?) Check box
Do you have an adequate introduction and conclusion? Check box
Does your essay 'flow' in a structured manner? Check box
Is there linking between paragraphs? Check box
Are your paragraphs well-structured and does each contain one main idea? Check box
Are your paragraphs too long/too short? Check box
Does everything in your essay support, develop or contribute to the thesis in your introduction? Check box
Is every part of the question addressed with every key word mentioned? Check box
Is your point of view consistent and without contradiction throughout the essay? Check box
Is your writing based on fact or is it subjective? Check box

Source: CLC staff